#4BC9C4#4BC9C4

#4BC9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9C4
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 2.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -35.38, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 36.23, 192.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.1077 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.11 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7477, 47.2510, 59.5557)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9C4 #C94B50

analogous

#4BC985 #4BC9C4 #4B8FC9

triadic

#4BC9C4 #C44BC9 #C9C44B

tetradic

#4BC9C4 #854BC9 #C94B50 #8FC94B

square

#4BC9C4 #854BC9 #C94B50 #8FC94B

split-complementary

#4BC9C4 #C94B8F #C9854B

monochromatic

#237673 #32A5A1 #4BC9C4 #7AD7D3 #A9E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4BC9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#4BC9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9C4

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9C4	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdad5',
    500: '#4bc9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9c4;
$custom-light: #8cdad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76572,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9C4

secondary

#D39D9F

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9C4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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